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Users:	482
Jobs:	11331
Avg. exec. time:	1 secs

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Citations:	12

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PhotonicsDB: Optical Constants

By Xingjie Ni¹, Zhengtong Liu², Alexander V. Kildishev¹

1. Purdue University 2. Institute of High Performance Computing, Singapore

Experimental data is used to interpolate the dielectric function or the index of refraction of bulk materials used in optics and photonics

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Version 1.2.4 - published on 07 Jan 2010

doi:10254/nanohub-r3692.10 cite this

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Part of: NCN Nanophotonics: Simulation Tools for Education and Research

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Table 1: Overview
Item	Average	Total
Simulation Users:	-	511
Interactive Sessions:	-	3,812
Simulation Sessions:	-	8,668
Simulation Runs:	-	12,477
Wall Clock Time:	3.1 hours	1119.59 days
CPU time:	0.97 seconds	2.34 hours
Interaction Time:	1.75 hours	632.09 days

Table 2: Users By Organization Type
#	Type	Users	Percent
1	Educational - University	402	78.67
2	Unidentified	131	25.64
3	Industry	24	4.7
4	National Lab	11	2.15
5	Unemployed	4	0.78
6	Educational - Pre-College	4	0.78
7	Military	2	0.39
8	Government Agency	2	0.39
	Total Users	511	100

Table 3: Users by Country of Residence
#	Country	Users	Percent
1	UNITED STATES	200	39.14
2	CANADA	32	6.26
3	RUSSIAN FEDERATION	24	4.7
4	GERMANY	17	3.33
5	INDIA	17	3.33
6	CHINA	14	2.74
7	UNITED KINGDOM	14	2.74
8	TURKEY	8	1.57
9	TAIWAN	8	1.57
10	AUSTRALIA	8	1.57
	Total Users	511	100

Table 4: Top Domains by User Count
#	Domains	Users	Percent
1	Unidentified	178	34.83
2	purdue.edu	58	11.35
3	comcast.net	35	6.85
4	ualberta.ca	21	4.11
5	verizon.net	14	2.74
6	shawcable.net	13	2.54
7	rr.com	12	2.35
8	cox.net	10	1.96
9	nsu.edu	9	1.76
10	buffalo.edu	8	1.57
	Total Users	511	100

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